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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1957
Page
1
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon with highs in the 70s. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows 48 to 55. Tuesday looks fair and mild with highs 70 to 75. Temperatures for the past 24 hours ended 5 pm Sunday show a high of 83 and a low of 63. Overnight 60, today 73. Tygart Dam yesterday peaked at 85 and fell to 63. today at 7 am 68 and 11 am 74.
Taylor County representatives Postmaster Loren A Hoffman and Mrs Betty Walls attended the First District conference of Republican Women's Clubs in Wheeling on Saturday. The Fairmont federation president Mrs Fred Becker spoke on political involvement, and plans were announced for monthly district meetings and a June 15 tea at the Fairmont Hotel.
The Rev Clyde Bush preached at Flemington Baptist Church EATSON Pa on a science Sunday linking rural Hebrew worship to modern devout faith. He cited Joshua 24 15 24 and described the early Hebrews as nomadic pastoralists who worshipped the One God under open skies. He noted their wanderings and altar building while contrasting with heathen rites and highlighted Abraham Isaac and Moses as shepherds who worshipped God without child sacrifice.
WV statewide traffic toll rises to 180 with five more weekend fatalities. Victims include Martha Dodd 50 of Charleston killed in a two car collision east of Pt Pleasant, Dovey Skidmore 69 run over near Webster Springs, James Miceley 17 of Amherst Ohio after car left WV 31 near Wayne, Robert Anderson 20 of Uniontown Pa after motorcycle crash north of Morgantown, and Frank Miller 19 Concord College student who plunged from a car into Bluestone Lake near Hinton.
Grafton prepares for Memorial Day with painted parking spaces cross walks and traffic directions on most streets. Police Chief Clyde DeBarr says departments are dressing up the city for the parade and activities as hundreds of out-of-town guests and Grafton High School alumni return for May 30.
The U S Weather Bureau reported Fraser Colorado recorded 25 degrees the lowest on the day while Yuma Arizona reached 103 degrees marking a sharp contrast in weather across the nation.
In Charleston a bolt during a severe thunderstorm Sunday killed Bryant Kinney age 48 as he fished from the river bank. The report notes the storm's deadly impact and ongoing tension after political upheaval in Haiti with provisional president Daniel Fignole inaugurated amid brief civil war and fears of renewed unrest.
Floods from the Trinity River forced more than 4,000 evacuations in Fort Worth and Dallas as the river crested at 41.7 feet. Across Texas and nearby Arkansas, towns faced rising waters, inundated homes, and ongoing flood threats.
Tony Shaga of Flemington was arrested Saturday evening on U S Route 77 by State Trooper J N Liller. He was charged with reckless driving and fined $50 by Justice of the Peace W C Lawson. Two other occupants, Bremis Barton and Bessie Dadisman, were fined $10 each for intoxication. Junior Dock Poling of Newbury was arrested for drunken driving and given a 90 day jail sentence by Justice Lawson. Other occupants fled.
R Virgil Rohrbough of Grafton state superintendent of schools was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of pedagogy at exercises held at Marshall College Huntington. The veteran educator has long been affiliated with Taylor County schools and led the county system before his January elevation to the state post.
Temperatures will average near normal with a cool Tuesday and a somewhat warmer Wednesday. Cooler again Thursday or Friday with showers Thursday the 2nd and again about Saturday. Total precipitation about one third inch.
More than persons attended the annual general safety conference for the C and O Railroad system in Huntington. Seven safety plaques and certificates in the railroad safety contests were to be presented during the day-long meeting.
Gassaway Industrials Development Committee won a pledge from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to lease its locomotive shop if a new industry is secured. The group offered the building rent free for two years to attract tenants after the depot was slated for razing as diesel power replaces steam.
Former Rep. Jamies P. Richards, Eisenhower's Middle East envoy, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Russia will not risk overt attack while the United States sustains global defenses. He said this assurance brings relief to Middle East countries near Soviet influence and borders.
Riots in Taipei were described as definitely organized possibly by political forces aiming to undermine American ties in the Far East. U.S. officials blamed government inaction for destruction while condemning the violence and noting the embassy code room was attacked and damaged.
PARKERSBURG WH F. G. Warren of Logan was named president of the West Virginia Federation of Post Office Clerks here Sunday. Warren succeeds James M. Price of Charleston. Paul W. Smith of Parkersburg was named to his ninth term as secretary treasurer. Elected vice presidents were Nathan Cramer of Grafton, Richard C. Kidd of Parkersburg, Clyde W. Hagedorn of Morgantown, Dorsey B. Lynch of Clarksburg, Henry Anderson Jr. of Mullens, and Bethel E. Price Jr. of Charleston. The women’s auxiliary elected Mrs. Joseph Perry of Morgantown as president.
Benson reports the second deadliest U S highway crash, killing 11 and wiping out the Black family from Streator and the Van Steenberg family from Bloomington. Victims include seven children. Witnesses describe cars colliding at high speed and bursting into flames or slamming into a pole. State police and the National Safety Council compare it to Minnesota’s 1940 disaster.
Summerfield stated Congress must provide 140 million dollars in added funds to avoid widespread post office closures and cuts to mail services. He repeated that 68 million could not sustain 1958 services and warned of possible elimination of Saturday deliveries if relief is not approved, citing economic growth and higher mail volumes as drivers.
A power struggle erupts over the Teamsters presidency as Dave Beck plans not to run. Rumors name James R Hoffa as Beck’s possible successor amid Beck facing indictments and internal pressure. Hoffa and Einar Mohn are noted at meetings, with Mohn under contempt charges and Hoffa facing a racketeering case and wiretapping allegations.
President Eisenhower and his wife will spend a long Memorial Day weekend at their Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm. He plans to depart Washington Thursday and remain through Sunday. He spent Sunday at the farm on a one day visit with West German Chancellor Adenauer.
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